King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1405
Transliteration: drassomai
Phonetic Spelling: (dras'-som-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grasp, entrap
Meaning: to grasp, entrap
δράσσομαι; to grasp with the hand, to take: τινα, 1 Corinthians 3:19 (Buttmann, 291 (250); Winers Grammar, 352 (330)). (In Greek writings from Homer down; the Sept..)
Word Summary
drassomai: to grasp, entrap
Original Word: δράσσομαιTransliteration: drassomai
Phonetic Spelling: (dras'-som-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grasp, entrap
Meaning: to grasp, entrap
Strong's Concordance
to catch, seizePerhaps akin to the base of drakon (through the idea of capturing); to grasp, i.e. (figuratively) entrap -- take.
see GREEK drakon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1405: δράσσομαιδράσσομαι; to grasp with the hand, to take: τινα, 1 Corinthians 3:19 (Buttmann, 291 (250); Winers Grammar, 352 (330)). (In Greek writings from Homer down; the Sept..)